Acclaimed poet, humanist and antifascist Nikola Vaptsarov was born on 7 December, 1909 in the small mountain town of Bansko. Having been charged with subversion, he was sentenced to death by firing squad and executed at the garrison shooting range in..
The 75th edition of the national march in the footsteps of Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev and his band, from Kozloduy to the historical peak of Okolchitsa, has started. The hike in memory of Hristo Botev is the..
There were also such Bulgarians - they could not bear the shackles of their own soul, but in order to live in freedom they had to first win the liberation of their people. Countless heroes left this world all too early with similar desires...
To be born on Epiphany 175 years ago and to fulfill your own covenant: "He who falls in the fight for freedom, he does not die: he is pitied by earth and sky, beast and nature, and singers sing songs about him...". All this and much more is..
A commemorative ceremony is to be held at 10 AM today to mark 80 years since the death of foremost Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov. The ceremony, to take place at the Sofia garrison firing range, will be attended by President Rumen Radev...
Representative of a special kind of people - the non-conformists fighting against uncritical following of group norms, Dimitar Voev is one of the artistic symbols of the Bulgarian transition to democracy. A poet, musician, composer, he was a..
Mihail Belchev is among the most popular and beloved artists in Bulgaria’s pop music. He is a poet, a singer and an author of dozens of music hits. In August, Mihail Belchev turned 75.He marks his birth anniversary with a concert at Hall 1 at..
A guest exhibition at the National Polytechnic Museum in Sofia reveals the story of a true troubadour from the first half of the twentieth century. Stoyan Milenkov was born in 1889 in Breznik and his activities do not fit into a simple..
On December 7 at 10 am Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Vice President Iliana Yotova will pay respect to the memory of Nikola Vaptsarov. In Sofia, they will lay flowers in front of the monument to the great poet at Moskovska 6 street on the occasion..
The fifth edition of the project "Poetry in the subway" has started in Sofia. The organizer is the Polish Cultural Institute and Literary Journal edition. Poems by 13 European authors will be featured in the trains of the Sofia subway and at Eagles'..